[Photos:]

While looking for a nearby cache I noticed something a little further away. When I went to check it out, I realized what I was seeing was this benchmark. To my delight not only did I find the cache but also a benchmark. I also didn't realize until logging this one that the tower is a benchmark as well.

The large tower is pretty obvious off Hw6 69, but the rest room section of the small park is currently under construction. This look out tower is no longer used & there is no benchmark that I could find.

Documented History (by the NGS)

01/01/1958 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (RLE)
STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE, ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF MT. SELMAN AND ABOUT 100 FEET EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 69. THE LOOKOUT HOUSE IS SUPPORTED BY A FOUR LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE, AND HAS AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 130 FEET.
THE TOP AND CENTER WAS THE POINT INTERSECTED.
TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN MT. SELMAN GO SOUTH ON U.S. HIGHWAY 69 FOR 2.8 MILE TO THE LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE LEFT AS DESCRIBED.

04/20/1996 by USPSQD (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1996
RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Control Text

The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in February 1996.

The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.